Thursday, Mar 21

An all round vinyasa flow class. The class will be dynamic as well as passive, relaxed as well as energetic. Careful attention to posture, alignment and most importantly the breath will be focused on. I aim to challenge the aspirant by making careful adjustments through the use of breath as you will be able to surrender to asana's with a sense of control, stability and ease.

Make the most of the day ahead with this uplifting and energising vinyasa flow class. Open to all levels, the class is ideal for developing strength, balance and flexibility while helping to focus and calm the mind. A perfect way to start your day.

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Fun, creative yoga for adults using breath to flow from one posture to another. Focus on alignment and building strength, stamina and mobility.
Due to the smaller studio space, this class runs as a termly course. Any missed classes can be made up at any of the Balham Drop in classes at any time during the term.

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This class is designed to help anyone suffering from back pain or a weak lower back and needs to strengthen their core and improve flexibility. We will engage in a variety of counter postures of forward, backward & side bends to make the spine and back more supple and elasticated. A range of other specific asanas will be employed to deal with other defects and conditions.

A gentle class that combines yoga and breathe for a delicious whole body stretch. Working on posture, strength and balance. We encourage the body to make a full range of moves to keep joints and spine health and well.

A class focusing on reducing stress following a busy work day. We use movement, breath, and meditation/yoga nidra to find a place of calm and relaxation. This is class dedicated to self care and giving back to the staff who give some much of themselves to their students and families of the school.

These classes involve specially adapted yoga asanas, micro-movements, breathing, chanting, relaxation, birth preparation and sharing, in an informal and lighthearted setting with the emphasis on self-nourishment.

All InJoy! pregnancy yoga classes are Birthlight yoga classes and thus apply yoga therapy principles that alleviate symptoms and may relieve causes of most common ailments experienced during pregnancy.

Birthlight was founded by Dr. Francoise Freedman for the greater enjoyment of pregnancy birth and babies!

Birthlight Pregnancy Yoga: the international 'gold standard'
Birthlight was established as a training body and charitable trust in 2000 and now operates across most continents! Francoise Freedman first began her pioneering classes in 1986, so 14 years of research forms the foundation of all Birthlight training.

We have built our reputation on providing safe yoga practices that nurture mother and baby alike, and everything we teach is underpinned by evidence-based medical and scientific advances in pre and neonatal neuroscience.

What you learn in class is designed to help you know your body better so that when the big birthday comes, you know exactly what works for your body in order to help your baby be born gently, consciously and with minimum intervention.

Our Standards and our Teachers:
Birthlight yoga is taught only by highly qualified specialist yoga teachers who have completed the Yoga Therapy recognised Birthlight Perinatal Diploma which takes a minimum of 12 months to complete. Continuing Professional Development is a prerequisite of continuing Birthlight membership.

All Birthlight pregnancy yoga teachers who teach for InJoy! are personally mentored by Rozy Kalliabetsos, founder of InJoy! and Tutor for Birthlight. Rozy trains yoga teachers, midwives and birth professionals around the world on behalf of Birthlight, and is co chair of the CUH (Croydon University Hospital) MSLC (Maternity Services Liaison Committee).

Needless to say, InJoy! teachers are all fully insured and hold valid first aid qualifications.

We are recognised by the CNHC (Complimentary & Natural Health Council), which is the only body that NHS professionals are able to recommend, and Birthlight is registered with FEDANT.

* Nurturing through massage and partner work to increase trust in your care team and learn practices you can try at home with your birth partner.

* Prenatal bonding between Mummy and Baby through breath, sound and movement and conscious communication

* Align, tone, open and strengthen your body in preparation for birth. Discover how to tone or relax more, dependant on your individual needs.

* Learn the art of relaxation and life saving tools for pregnancy, birth and parenthood!

* Deepen your understanding of your body and how it works through learning more about the female pelvis and the variations in shape that can influence both how your baby 'presents' at birth and how the labour progresses.

* Everything we offer is to empower you to make the birth and care choices that are right for your family.

* Visiting midwives, doulas, maternal reflexologists and holistic therapists all come and enjoy the class with us, and offer you tips to make your pregnancy and birth more enjoyable in every way.

Our Tuesday evening classes are open to fathers and birthing partners to attend, on a termly or ad hoc basis, for an extra £6 per class.

Please note that antenatal yoga classes go under the banner 'antenatal care' for the NHS which means you are entitled to PAID time off work to attend. If you work locally you may want to benefit from our lunchtime Wednesday class! Please have a look at the DirectGov website for more details ().

CLASSES LOCATED: St. Augustines Ave, South Croydon CR2 6BA

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Yoga for people living with Cancer is a specialised yoga class addressing the needs of people facing cancer, using gentle techniques of movement and breathing with relaxation and meditation, and is available for cancer patients, recoverers and their carers on an individual and small group basis.
The classes will involve:
Gentle movements, to improve circulation, relieve tension and enhance mobility.
Breathing exercises and relaxation techniques, which improve the body's respiratory circulatory and nervous systems, reduce anxiety and increase peacefulness.
Mindfulness techniques, which give students tools for centering, calming, increasing clarity and allowing for better management of challenging emotions by promoting understanding, compassion and confidence.
These practices serve as effective tools in pain management, reducing fatigue, lessening side effects from treatments and improve recovery. The unique combination of these practices creates conditions conductive to healing - physically, mentally and emotionally - bringing harmony and integration of ones entire being.

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Wellbeing Yoga is a fun and challenging Hatha yoga sequence designed to improve strength and flexibility, as well as mental stamina. The system, originally developed by Bikram Choudhury, consists of 26 asanas (postures) and two breathing exercises (which can be practiced with or without heat). An emphasis is placed on body & breath, leaving you feeling peaceful and calm after class.

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Unravel the body, unwind the mind. Expect, long supported holds using blocks bolsters sandbags and eye pillows. In this slow paced mat based yoga practice we will target the areas between navel to knee. I strive to make my Yin yoga classes appropriate for all.

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Ladder flows are a fun, creative and intelligent way of sequencing which starts with a short vinyasa sequence, and new poses are added each time the sequence is repeated. It's a great way to practice the mindfulness in the practice as well as the union of breath and movement as the students get more and more familiar with the flows. It can be anything from strength building, energising and heat building to bendy and stretchy

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Our Beginner's Yoga course is an ideal opportunity to begin a weekly practice of yoga, whether you're a complete beginner or you'd like to recap on some of the basic postures, breathing and relaxation techniques. The course runs at a gentle pace and will give you a good grounding in the foundations of yoga for you to then continue your own practice and to progress into our other classes.

InJoy! Yoga offers Beginner yoga classes for those who are new to yoga and for those who have previously learnt a little yoga. Classes are particularly useful for those who would like to learn the foundational building blocks of a safe Asana (yoga posture) practise. These classes are also particularly beneficial to those who want to develop their own home practice and to existing InJoy! clients who have perhaps come to pregnancy or baby and postnatal yoga but have not had much experience of 'general' yoga and want to join one of our general classes.

Classes focus on building an awareness of a balanced yoga practice, incorporating asana (physical yoga poses), breathing, meditation and sound practices. All foundational yoga asanas are taught so that the full range of movements needed for a healthy spine are covered. These include forward bends, back bends, side stretches, twists, inversions and balances.

Our aim is to ensure you are familiar with moving safely in and out of asanas, have grasped foundational alignment for all yoga asanas, have a clear idea of what your body needs to balance itself, and have learned the most important and beneficial yoga practise of synchronising breath and movement. This is how we synchronise all the internal systems of the body and makes yoga so health promoting.

You will also become familiar with the names of some of the yoga postures both in English and Sanskrit, and gain a new set of yoga buddies!